Lindas New England Fried Clams Recipes

Steps:

• In a medium sized bowl mix milk, egg yolk, butter, and salt. Sift the flour into the milk mixture stir until smooth. In a small chilled bowl beat the egg white with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. (For best results: refrigerate the bowl, mixer blade and egg white prior to mixing) Fold the beaten egg white into the milk mixture.
• In a large saucepan or deep fat fryer heat oil to 375'. Poke each clam with fork. Dip clams into the batter. Fry a few at a time around 1-1/2 minutes or until golden brown, turning once. Remove with slotted spoon, drain on paper towels or on brown paper bags. Keep warm in a 300' oven while frying the remaining clams.
• Serve with tartar sauce.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to its lowest setting.
• Line a lg. cookie sheet with double thickness of paper towels, and place it in the oven.
• Pour vegetable oil into a deep fryer, or a lg. heavy saucepan, to a depth of about 3".
• Heat oil to 375°F.
• In a bowl, beat the eggs until well blended, then stir in the milk and salt.
• Spread the flour on a lg. strip of wax paper.
• Drop the clams into the egg-milk mixture, and let them soak for 1 minute.
• Pick up a handful of the soaked clams, and roll them in the flour until well coated. Shake off any excess flour before dropping in the oil.
• Immediately drop the floured clams into the hot oil, and deep-fry for 1-2 mins., until golden brown.
• As they brown, transfer them to the towel-lined pan, and keep them warm in the oven, while the rest are cooking.
• Serve with lemon wedges, tarter sauce, and ketchup.

Steps:

• Beat egg white until stiff.
• Add milk, salt, and melted butter to egg yolk and beat together.
• Add flour and stir.
• Fold into stiffly beaten egg white.
• Drain clams and dip each into batter and fry in deep fat at 375F until golden.
• Drain on paper towels.

Steps:

• Combine evaporated and whole milk, egg, vanilla, salt, and pepper.
• Soak clams in liquid for a few mins., then dredge in combination of cake flour and cornmeal, fluffing them in the flour mix for light, but thorough coverage.
• Shake off excess flour.
• Heat oil to 375*F.
• Immediately drop the floured clams into the hot oil, and deep-fry for 1-2 mins., until golden brown.

Steps:

• In a lg. pot, put in potatoes, and onions. Add enough water to cover all.
• Add salt and pepper, and let come to a boil. Boil about 15 minutes.
• Drain out water, until it is just covering all.
• Add clams with juice and bottled clam juice (if you are using), milk and evaporated milk, Stir.
• Add stick of margarine, and stir as it melts to blend. Heat for 20 mins on med. heat.
• If you want to thicken the chowder, do so now, by adding about 1/2 cup flour into 2 cups COLD water, mixing well to remove lumps, then add about 1/3 at a time into chowder, until you get desired consistency.
• Add salt and pepper, to taste.
• Makes a big pot.